Almada Negreiros: The Man Who Loved All the Arts
Have you heard about the writer Almada Negreiros? He is the author of beautiful verses, like the Canção da Saudade, in which he says "if I were...
Rute Ferreira 8 April 2018
Artist Stories
Meet Kun Can – Chinese Artist, One Of The “Four Great Monk Painters”
A Chinese painter and Buddhist monk who lived 1612-1674, Kun Can was known as one of the ‘Four Great Monk Painters’ of the early Qing Dynasty. As...
Barry Russell 29 March 2018
Immerse Yourself In The World Of the fantastic-realism paintings by Maria Anto
March = Women’s History Month, and this is the next story about a remarkable, contemporary artist named Maria Anto (Maria Czarnecka). Anto was a...
Pola Otterstein 13 March 2018
5 Portinari’s Paintings that Reveal that He Was the Painter of the Brazilian People
Portinari was the painter of Brazil. This statement refers not only to his nationality, but also to his work. During his life, the painter portrayed...
Rute Ferreira 3 March 2018
Stanley Spencer. A Cookham Homebird with Broken Wings
A recent documentary that was filmed with the help and support of Stanley Spencer’s two daughters, revealed the personal anguishes the family...
Wendy Gray 22 February 2018
Gluck And Her No Prefix, No Suffix Queer Art
Since February is the LGBT history month in the UK where I live, I want to participate in the promotion of tolerance and raising awareness of the...
Magda Michalska 21 February 2018
The Flying Lovers, Bella and Marc Chagall
Valentines or not, a love story is always a good read, especially if it's such a magic and touching story as the one between Bella and Marc Chagall.
Magda Michalska 17 February 2018
When Trash Turns Art: El Anatsui
People often say that contemporary art is trash. But, can we turn the equation the other way and make trash art? El Anatsui's grand installations...
Magda Michalska 15 February 2018
Frederick Stuart Church: Painter of Harmony
A lifetime of training could not have prepared Frederick Stuart Church for 1863. But his works of fantasy that came after clung to and perhaps even...
Anthony de Feo 12 February 2018
Two artists, four works: The Shakespeare’s characters on Millais’ artworks
"To be or not to be, that's the question". With that simple sentence, you certainly remembered one of the greatest geniuses in universal literature,...
Rute Ferreira 8 February 2018
The Abstract Waves Of Cornwall: St Ives School
Just before the outbreak of the WW2, a small town in Cornwall, UK, became a haven for British artists. Built of granite and surrounded on three...
Magda Michalska 5 February 2018
Paula Modersohn-Becker: The Unknown Expressionist
Some time ago, I came across a fascinating German Expressionist who was not part of the famous Die Brücke group. All the more, this painter was a...
Magda Michalska 1 February 2018
